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Having problems with your Nikon Coolpix S4 Digital Camera ?

Screen Hi,
My Nikon Coolpix s4 camera does not generate any image on the screen. I last used it 2 months ago. Then i kept it a a safe place and took it out again to find that the screen went completely blank when i start it.
Although it displays the previously taken images stored on memory card, displays all menus, zoom works perfectly fine and the flash also works fine.

Answers :

Get on to Nikon and let them know about it, it is a common problem with the S4. They are fixing the 3500 and others for free.

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John.

If the screen displays all the normal stuff but not new images- have you tried taking new pix then trying them in the computer to see if images actually recorded?\015\012This does seem like a processing failure.\015\012Check out Nikon for a repair cost. May not be something you like to read though.

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